A reminder about residency

Just got off the phone with my old boss from J&J who reminded me once again 1) of how much fun I had at J&J and 2) of how important it will be for me to become a real physician. He told me about a story of how he walked through the ER and was able to pick out a young guy who was having a heart attack just because “he didn’t look right” and I also shared with him my story about the kickboxer I took care of who had severe rhabdomyolysis and multi-organ dysfunction who we saved on surgery. He told me how important it was in organizations where people are too scared to make decisions to have the skill of making the right decisions with insufficient data, the skill that physicians put into practice on a daily, if not hourly basis. And for the rest of my day at least, I will be feeling pretty good about where I am and where I am going.